Holiday Happenings at Cloudsplitter
Once again I got into the rythym of climbing and skiing everyday and let the blog updates slack during the holiday stretch. It's been a busy and fun few weeks around here with a good winter finally setting in. Many of our regular guests showed up over the holidays, and we celebrated the end of a decade with some nice turns at Whiteface, sunny mixed-climbing at the Beer Walls, a return to laps on Chapel Pond's moderate classics like Chouinards Gully and Roaring Brook Falls, fat multi-pitch, secluded ice climbs on the north side of Pitchoff mountain and the first backcountry ski forays onto the slides (more to check out snow profiles than to ski- it is still only January!)
AND.. I got a FLIP Video Camera from my (most thoughtful!) sister and brother-in-law as a Christmas gift. Tammy K. was nice enough to let me shoot my first video with it while climbing on New Year's Eve.(Sorry about the stock music- will have to work on that!) We made the most of it- combining Screw and Climaxe (350' WI 3+) and Weeping Winds (500' WI 3+) for @ 850' of occasionally thin but excellent ice climbing on a (relatively) warm and windless day. A great way to end the year- and kick off Tammy's ice season!
